(forcing the cat to keep changing directions) Ahhh ... there's a difference between this puzzle and the real world. In the real world a cat can't change direct

(forcing the cat to keep changing directions) Ahhh ... there's a difference between this puzzle and the real world. In the real world a cat can't change directions instantaneously. In the real world (at least as seen on nature films) the escaping prey is always forcing the predator into changing directions. Does anyone know if a mouse can really run faster than a cat? I've got to believe that those tiny mouse legs are no match for the strides a cat can take. Isn't the mouse's only hope of survival to quickly get to somewhere (like a mouse hole) that the cat can't follow?